Scanner buffs

This is a discussion on Scanner buffs within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Any other people in here that are trying to get into law enforcement or just regular people that are into home scanners to listen to ...

I got my fiance into it. She really got into after we heard our names on the scanner while watching a movie in the living room. ( I made a post about it earlier, neigbor saw a prowler run into our back yard, cops ran our plates before knocking on the door. BG got away)

I listen to my PD's transmissions regularly just to keep abreast of all that's going on in my immediate community. In the summer months, there's always patrol cars screaming here or there from about noon until well into the night. Been monitoring PD comms since Aug 2005. It's a part of SA in my book.

We have one on 24/7, not much action in the area of town I live in now but in the old hood it was pretty fun to listen to. I have a brother-in-law who's a deputy so it's nice to have. Also I feel like the noise from it may indicate that someone is home and that someone may be a LEO so maybe it keeps some perps away.